Oh dear, Another fake abduction. ‘Prank’ kidnap drama in Spain

by **PeterMac** 26.01.13 17:30

http://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2013/01/26/prank-kidnap-drama-in-spain/

‘Prank’ kidnap drama in Spain
JANUARY 25, 2013 AT 4:58 PM
• SPANISH POLICE SET UP ROADBLOCKS TO TRY FIND THE BOY
A SPANISH schoolboy has landed himself in hot water after faking his own kidnapping to avoid parent’s evening at his school.
The unnamed 11-year-old sparked a huge search operation after ringing his father to say he had been abducted.
Police set up roadblocks across north-west Spain and alerted authorities in neighbouring Portugal after the youngster claimed to be locked in the boot of a blue Seat.
The local media even ran stories on their websites about the dramatic kidnapping.
However, the search ended after the boy’s father, a police office in Xinzo de Limia, noticed keys to a flat the family owned were missing.
He explained he had been terrified of his parents speaking to his teachers after a string of bad grades.
“The civil guard attributed the false alarm to a childish ‘prank’ that had something to do with the boy’s situation at school,” local media reported.

by Guest 26.01.13 17:46

It's not as bad though as if an adult had initiated such a hoax.

A boy I knew claimed that a man had tried to drag him into a car - a good excuse he thought for being late to school!

by Guest 26.01.13 18:32

Not as good as one of our best [late] Dutch actors, who at school claimed [after he'd been warned that drawn bridges, road blocks, icy roads, you name it, wouldn't be accepted anymore] that he was late this time because "a seagull flew into his eye" .... Oh dear, Another fake abduction. ‘Prank’ kidnap drama in Spain 110921

Oh dear, Another fake abduction. ‘Prank’ kidnap drama in Spain 110921

by Guest 26.01.13 18:45

Châtelaine wrote:Not as good as one of our best [late] Dutch actors, who at school claimed [after he'd been warned that drawn bridges, road blocks, icy roads, you name it, wouldn't be accepted anymore] that he was late this time because "a seagull flew into his eye" ....

Will move this to a new top 'Tell us your porkies' Chatelaine.

by Guest 26.01.13 19:04

Oh dear, Another fake abduction. ‘Prank’ kidnap drama in Spain 847771

And it was so much better than the classical: the dog ate my homework and I lost it in the bus and it rained so it was soaking wet. Identify a liar by too many explanations. Now, who does that remind me of ...?